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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 29, 1938
Page
5
Vigilant cautions readers about men who bring alcohol to dances and offer sips to partners. He calls such behavior disrespectful and urges women to turn down advances from drink-bearing suitors, likening offenders to vermin in their lack of self respect.
Advertises wedding cake boxes with card and tin for mailing under Commonwealth postal rules. Priced at 5/6 per dozen, post free from the paper's office or United Press at Perth street address.
Instructions for exhibitors ensure entries reach the Society in good order and conveyance to the proper hall. Deliver Women and Children's Arts and Crafts to the Perth office. Includes several vintage recipes and baking methods with steps for Treacle Tea Cakes and Surprise Patties.
A lively note suggests using quick economical snacks to cheer players after games. It describes a method mixing flour sugar and cornflakes to form small cakes baked on a greased sheet for a warm postmatch treat.
A lyrical fragment speaks of dawn mists rising, a rosy sky, and a forest waking. The speaker thanks a blessed giver for peace resting the soul as light dances on leaves and branches.
Pattern No 6390 offers a 16 years and 1 size range with necktie and collar in contrasting material. Styles A and B feature sleeve designs and require 54 or 36 inch wide fabric, with yards listed for bust measurements and a contrasting collar piece.
Instructions detail how to address and display exhibits for the Royal Agricultural Society at Claremont. It covers placement, outside labeling, rail mounting, and a sample entry for Mrs. W Brown Busselton Dairy Produce including a recipe for a butter nut loaf.
A two-shidting bottle of concentrated HEENZO added to sweetened water yields eight bottles of remedy for nasal, throat, and chest ailments. It serves as a gargle for sore throats, a farsal antiseptic, and an internal treatment for coughs colds croup bronchitis and flu. Suitable for adults and children.
Youth letters invite pen friends across Australia and urge Show entries. A note on the Royal Show highlights expected weather and prize cat displays, plus a plea to submit painting competition entries.
At the Royal Show held October 3 to 7 at Claremont Showgrounds children’s displays are featured more prominently. The exhibits reflect advances in modern education with prizes spread over sixteen pages covering book binding manual work cane work encasing naturalist collections and standard school work.
Parents eagerly study child-psychology to raise healthier children. Excessive control can prune natural growth, harming development. balanced guidance allows a child to grow true to nature without overintrusive intervention.
A fragmented craft notice describes pattern details for sewing projects including sizes 21x2f inches and 1433 comity Sx IS inches. It lists materials, motifs, and a request for 7 stamps to obtain pattern number from the Colled Needlecraft, PO Box 0205.
An article urges balanced parenting to nurture thinking youths. It notes children benefit from quiet study and social interaction, encourages pursuing hobbies like books or science, sport, and outdoor activities while guiding them to harmony between solitude and activity for lasting happiness.
A woman from Bunda Beri Queensland reports pimples and poor health improving after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills. After two bottles her skin clears, headaches and breathlessness fade, energy returns, and she praises the medicine for enriching the blood and restoring a rosy complexion. She urges others to get rid of pimples and languor with the pills.
The editor requests that advertisers reference the newspaper in their campaigns. Mentioning the paper helps reach a local readership and supports community coverage.
A junior readers club invites new members with free membership by writing to Uncle Hugh at United Press Ltd 97 Hay Street Perth. Entry to competitions is free with prizes. Send jokes riddles and catchers for printing in columns. Uncle Hugh answers letters and invites everyone to join.
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